Global Push for Hydrogen Sidesteps Knowledge Gaps on Climate Impacts
Recent studies reveal the considerable global warming potential of a fuel that many fossils see as their industry’s best hope for a second life.
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UN Aims for Climate-Conscious Digital World
The new Action Plan from the Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability aims to “embed sustainability in all aspects of digitalization." Those of us who believe in the power of digital transformation need to get involved.
G7 Countries to Stop Funding Fossil Fuel Development Overseas
Ministers from the world’s biggest economies reach an agreement that could shift an estimated $33bn a year to clean energy sources.
‘Reimagine Security’, Experts Urge, As Military Emissions and Budgets Grow in Tandem
“If we were further down the path to decarbonization, this war would never have happened,” says a top U.S. military expert.
The New EU Presidency: Une Certaine Idée de l’Europe
A highly-eventful French EU Presidency has begun, with major implications for Euro-centrism, digital regulation, industrial policy, and migration. President Macron will push strong policies and continue to fight Omicron, even as he keeps his eye...
Can Renewable Energy be Too Much of a Good Thing?
For years, Germany has been on the fast track for adopting renewable energy technology. Today, Germany leads the world in solar energy and has massively reduced its cabrbon emissions. Now, it faces an unlikely problem:...
Can Uber Reroute Germany to a Shareable Future?
In "The Zero Marginal Cost Society," economic theorist and writer Jeremy Rifkin coins the term Collaborative Commons to describe the "digitalized space where providers and users share goods and services" in the emerging "shareable economy."...
European Legislators Face “Data Secessionism”
The key players in the public and private sector are now working to protect their interests in a world that is shifting from government to “Googlement”—driven by the unprecedented ability of companies to gather, store,...
Reason Comes to China-Western Solar Clash
After more than a year of antagonism, I’m happy to see that the voice of reason finally seems to be coming to the ongoing clash between China and the West in their prolonged dispute over...
